Glenfiddich ?The Original? (40%, OB, 2017) - Wardhead 21 yo 1997/2018 (55.5%, Liquid Treasures, bourbon hogshead)...
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Internationella whiskynyheter
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Kilkerran 8 vs Hazelburn 8
Kilkerran 8 yo (55.7%, OB, 2017) - Hazelburn 8 yo 2007/2016 (54%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 162 bottles)...
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Brackla Madness 1926-2011
Royal Brackla 25 yo (46%, Art of Whisky, fino sherry butt, +/-2009) - Royal Brackla 4 yo 2011/2015 (52.5%, Duncan Taylor, The Octaves, cask #939429) - Royal Brackla 14 yo 2001/2016 (46%, Carn Mor, Strictly Limited, 768 bottles) - Royal Brackla 18 yo 1997/2016 (54.4%, Cadenhead, Small Batch, 402 bottles) - Royal Brackla 18 yo 1998/2017 (50%, Hunter Laing, Old Malt Cask, refill barrel, cask #13429, 244 bottles) - Royal Brackla 23 yo 1992/2016 (52.9%, Cadenhead, Wine Cask, claret, 156 bottles) - Royal Brackla 60 yo 1926/1985 (40%, OB, James Buchanan, for Japan, 60 decanters)...
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A short Strathmill verticale
Strathmill 13 yo 2004/2018 (46%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, refill bourbon barrels, 990 bottles) - Strathmill 22 yo 1995/2018 (50.8%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, refill Port hogshead, 252 bottles) - Strathmill 24 yo 1993/2017 (50.3%, Cadenhead, Small Batch, 354 bottles) - Strathmill 21 yo 1990/2012 (54.1%, James MacArthur, bourbon wood, cask #101112)...
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Eleven nameless single peaters
Hamiltons Islay (40%, Hamilton?s single malt, +/-2017) - Peat (45%, Elixir Distillers, Elements of Islay, single malt, bourbon barrels, +/-2018) - Islay Malt 8 yo 2008/2016 (58.5%, Liquid Treasures, bourbon) - Williamson 6 yo 2011/2018 (59.6%, Liquid Treasures, bourbon hogshead) - Islay Single Malt 8 yo 2008/2017 (58.3%, North Star Spirits, sherry octave finish) - Islay 10 yo 2007/2018 (57.6%, North Star Spirits, finished in Bordeaux) - Isle of Islay 8 yo 2008/2016 (52.8%, Sansibar, P. Van Vliet and J. Corte, 250 bottles) - Undisclosed Islay 6 yo (57.9%, Single Cask Nation, 2nd fill PX barrique, cask #613-4, 276 bottles,...
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Wee fights, today Highland Park
Highland Park 17 yo ?The Light? (52.9%, OB, 28,000 bottles, 2018) - Highland Park 21 yo 1996/2017 (52.7%, Hunter Laing, The First Editions, Authors Series, refill hogshead, 230 bottles)...
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More Assorted Pairings
Ardmore 8 yo 2008/2017 (46%, Berry Brothers, bourbon barrel, cask #708604) - Ardmore 1992/2012 (46%, Wemyss ?Mellow Mariner?, barrel, 213 bottles) - Mannochmore 16 yo 1977/1994 (61.4%, Cadenhead Authentic Collection) - Mannochmore 37 yo 1977/2015 (49.4%, Cadenhead Single Cask, 210 bottles) - Wolfburn 2014/2018 (57.1%, OB for Dornoch Castle Whisky Bar, bourbon barrel, cask #694, 292 bottles) - Wolfburn Peated 2014/2018 (57.1%, OB for Dornoch Castle Whisky Club, bourbon barrel, cask #807, 284 bottles) - Glenburgie-Glenlivet 24 yo 1993/2017 (53%, Cadenhead Authentic Collection, refill claret hogshead, 216 bottles) - Glenburgie-Glenlivet 13 yo 1978/1992 (59.8%, Cadenhead Authentic Collection) - Longmorn...
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Another little bag of rum
980 ?Rum Agricola Benificiado? (40%, OB, Madeira, +/-2017) - Cotopaxi 14 yo ?Cask Strength? (60%, OB, Ecuador, single barrel, cask #064, +/-2017) - Uitvlugt 18 yo 1998/2016 (46%, Hunter Laing, Kill Devil, Demerara, 221 bottles) - T.D.L 15 yo 2003/2018 (44%, Compagnie des Indes, Trinidad, 364 bottles) - W.P. 12 yo 2005/2017 (56.6%, The Rum Cask, Jamaica, cask #1) - Hampden 10 yo 2007/2018 (64.1%, Hunter Laing for The Whisky Barrel, Kill Devil, Jamaica, 290 bottles)...
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Wee fights, today American whiskies
Smooth Ambler Old Scout 7 yo ?Batch 61? (49.5%, OB, straight rye, USA, 2015) - Maker?s Mark ?Cask Strength? (55.75%, OB, Kentucky Straight Bourbon, USA, batch #16-02, 2016) - Tennessee Bourbon 13 yo 2013/2017 (51.5%, The Whisky Mercenary)...
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Feis Ile Notes from the hot tub
Ardbeg Grooves (51.6%, OB, 2018) - Caol Ila 10 yo (58.2%, OB for Feis Ile 2018, refill American oak & rejuvenated European oak, 2500 bottles) - Laphroaig 8 yo (62.2%, Scotch Maltwhisky Society, #29.244 ?Weaving wondrous dreams?, Feis Ile 2018, 222 bottles) - Bowmore 15 yo (52.5%, OB for Feis Ile 2018, Oloroso sherry matured, 3000 bottles) - Port Charlotte 2001/2018 (55.9%, OB ?The Heretic? for Feis Ile 2018, 1300 bottles) - Port Charlotte 2005/2018 12 yo (59.3%, OB Valinch for Feis Ile 2018, cask #2087, 2nd fill Oloroso sherry butt, 956 bottles) - Port Charlotte 10 yo (50%,...
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Octomore at play
Lochindaal 2007/2015 (58.6%, Malts of Scotland, bourbon barrel, cask #MOS15002, 235 bottles) - Bruichladdich 5 yo 2011/2017 (51.9%, The Whisky Agency and Acla Selection) - Oc5 2011/2018 (59.8%, Elixir Distillers, Elements of Islay, bourbon barrel)...
Two surprising new Pulteney
Pulteney 19 yo 1998/2018 (46%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, first fill bourbon barrel, 501 bottles) - Old Pulteney 2004/2018 (62.1%, OB, for The Whisky Exchange, first fill sherry butt, cask #128, 612 bottles)...
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A mixed bag of uncertain whiskies
Duggan?s Dew (86.8 US proof, OB, USA, blended Scotch, +/-2018) - Moto (42%, OB, whiskey, USA, batch #10, +/-2017) - Prohibition (41%, OB, France, single malt, macvin cask, +/-2013?) - Distillerie des Bughes ?Home Distillers Tradition? (43%, OB, France, cask #1016W22, 2017) - Amrut ?Raj Igala? (40%, OB, India, +/-2018) - Nantou ?Omar? 2009/2016 (56.2%, OB, Taiwan, bourbon, cask #11090148, 213 bottles) - Nantou ?Omar? 2012/2016 (59.8%, OB, Taiwan, virgin oak, cask # 01120006, 220 bottles) - Welche?s Whisky ?Tourbe? (46%, OB, France, Alsace, G. Miclo, 2017)...
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Caol Ila ad-lib part deux
Caol Ila 13 yo (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, Discovery, bourbon, 2018) - Port Askaig 14 yo 2004/2018 (45.8%, Elixir Distillers, bourbon) - CI10 (58.2%, Elixir Distillers, Elements of Islay, 2018) - Caol Ila 2006/2017 (59.8%, Gordon & MacPhail, Cask Strength, first fill sherry butt, casks 306189, 306191, 306195)...
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Four funny Japanese whiskies
Nikka ?Single Coffee Grain Woody & Mellow? (55%, OB, Japan, Distillery Exclusive, +/-2017) - Nikka ?Pure Malt? (55.1%, OB, Japan, +/-2002) - Suntory ?The Whisky? (43%, OB, Japan, blend, black porcelain decanter, 76cl, +/-1980?) - Karuizawa 21 yo 1967/1988 (43%, OB, Japan, Ocean Sanroku, decanter, 496 bottles)...
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Bruichladdich 1992 24 Year Old Cadenheads Small Batch Review
Happy Sunday y’all. It’s Bruichladdich day in Feis Ile 2018 and the focus at the distillery today is on the Port Charlotte launch and range, with the masterclass focusing on PC as well.
However, I’ll review a straightforward Bruichladdich from the old regime – A 24 Year Old 1992 vintage bottled by Cadenhead under the small batch brand. Three bourbon hogsheads (#3431, 3432 and 3435) were filled in new make on 6th november 1992 and after 24 years of slumber were vatted and bottled late 2016 to create 588 bottles of this excellent fruity laddie.
Bruichladdich 1992 24 Year Old...
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Would you ever pay £80 for Aberlour a’bunadh?
Well… would you? Let me be quite clear here. This, shockingly, isn’t a hypothetical question. I’m not talking about the very first five batches of a’bunadh; the un-numbered batches produced way back in single malt’s dark ages, the late ‘90s. No, I’m talking about the current batch, the next batch, and the batch after that. [...]...
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Blended Whisky #2 22 Years (TBWC)
Another new release from the latest batch from That Boutique-y Whisky Company : Blended Scotch Whisky # 2, the third batch, bottled at 22 years of age.
Blended Whisky #2 22 yo (41,8%, That Boutique-y Whisky Co 2018, Batch #3, 1650 btl.)
Nose: nicely aromatic waxed oak, mixed with some milk chocolate and the typical aromas of (rather old) grain whisky. Creamy coconut and vanilla pods. Hints of pine needles and tobacco leaves. Light whiffs of roasted nuts. Mouth: dry pencil shavings and nutty notes as well as sweeter hints of caramel. Lightly burnt cake. Sandalwood. Not far...
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A bag of new VHS rums
Nicaragua 18 yo 1999/2018 (59.2%, Hunter Laing, Kill Devil, 257 bottles) - Diamond 12 yo 2004/2017 (63.1%, Hunter Laing, Kill Devil, Guyana, 246 bottles) - Haiti 2004/2018 (63.1%, Transcontinental Rum Line, for ?& Fine Spirits Paris) - Monymusk 14 yo 2003/2017 (60.7%, The Rum Cask, Jamaica) - Caroni 20 yo 1998/2018 (64.6%, The Duchess, Trinidad, cask #19)...
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Caol Ila ad-lib
Caol Ila 13 yo 2004/2018 (45%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, Hermitage wood finish, 3166 bottles) - Caol Ila 14 yo 2003/2018 (57.7%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #302260, 212 bottles) - Caol Ila 17 yo 2000/2018 (57.5%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #309608, 180 bottles) - Caol Ila 28 yo 1990/2018 (49,6%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, refill sherry hogshead, cask #1112, 176 bottles) - Caol Ila 28 yo 1990/2018 (50.7%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, refill sherry hogshead, cask #1118, 191 bottles) - Caol Ila 10 yo...
